Fleet and Depot Charging

• DKV Mobility found average truck charging sessions run 87 minutes, with under 5% exceeding three hours
• Russell Group ran the UK's first megawatt charging demo, taking a MAN eTGX from 20% to 90% in 30 minutes
• PG&E's Flex Connect brought WattEV's Fresno truck depot online two years early, with access up to 3.6 MW
• A TU Berlin study found Germany's planned truck chargers cover only 10 to 15% electrification for overnight use
• Tesla's European Semi offers 550 km range and a 60% charge in 30 minutes via a CCS2 to MCS adapter
• Voltempo estimates twenty depot trucks parked overnight equal more than 10 MWh of grid-ready storage
• Kempower and DP World signed a framework deal to standardize charging across DP World's Canadian terminals

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Grid Integration and Vehicle-to-Grid

• Germany scrapped double taxation on V2G, then proposed rules requiring a second smart meter to use it
• A proposed German feed-in cap would limit solar exports to 50% of capacity even when paired with V2G
• BYD's flash chargers hold 370 kWh of storage each, totaling over 3 GWh across more than 10,000 sites
• TSG Deutschland and Pixii fixed a dual-asset grid load case by restructuring charger and battery priority logic
• MOON is adding a bidirectional wallbox from ambibox GmbH, compatible with Skoda's V2G-ready Epiq
• Tesco's delivery fleet passed 2,000 electric vans, now 30% of its total fleet, paired with solar and storage

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Charging Hardware, Standards and Tech

• The Megawatt Charging System standard, IEC 61851-23-3, was formally published this period
• Geely is developing a 1,000V EV architecture as BYD and CATL push past 1 MW charging power
• A new DC charger foundation cuts installed weight from 800 kg to 30 kg, over a 95% reduction
• Electriqua's Kate Khudolii says charging software is moving past build versus buy toward adaptable stacks
• A panel found AC Plug and Charge took fourteen years to return, blocked by certificates, not technology
• Heart Aerospace's X1 flew 27 minutes on batteries alone, against $12 billion spent chasing eVTOL demand

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Public and Retail Charging Infrastructure

• Walmart's network reached 100 branded fast-charging sites across 20 states, up from zero two years ago
• Oman launched its Shahin national charging platform with tiered tariffs starting October 1
• Australia is putting $40 million toward public chargers in regional, blackspot and kerbside locations
• National Grid set an October 1, 2026 deadline for its Massachusetts multifamily charging program
• Grocery stores draw 42 charging sessions a day in the US, 4.7 times the national baseline
• UK charge point operators gained statutory undertaker powers, adding new permitting obligations
• High-power DC hubs face non-commodity charges reported as high as £0.17 per kWh on top of energy costs

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Market Moves and Business

• Alpitronic, nearing €1 billion in revenue, is projected at 12% of new US fast-charging stalls for 2025
• Kempower's North American revenue doubled in H1 2026, but its gross margin slid to 47.2%
• BYD passed 10,000 ultra-fast Flash Chargers in China and is targeting 20,000 by year-end
• Chargepoint's opex fell from about 80% to 56% of revenue over six quarters amid four restructurings
• Plugit's acquisition of Helen's charging unit made it Helsinki's largest charging operator
• US fast-charging prices swung from $0.20 to $1.50 per kWh over Labor Day weekend
• EVgo and Regency Centers added over 400 high-power stalls at grocery-anchored shopping centers

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Policy, Funding and Regulation

• The 2026 NEC now requires EV charging emergency disconnects between 20 and 100 feet from equipment
• California's CEC approved $95.2 million for clean transportation infrastructure through FY2026 to 2027
• Florida's DOT diverted $197 million in EV charging grants toward 32 flying-car landing pads
• Uzbekistan named EV charging a priority sector in its $11 billion electrical industry push to 2030
• Underused incentive funding at every government level remains the biggest lever left on the table

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EV Adoption and Battery Safety

• A 2,000 km Norway road trip in a rented VW ID3 never dropped below 40% charge despite daily full charging plans
• Canberra hit 44% fully electric new car registrations in August, roughly double the national rate
• Battery EVs outsold both petrol and diesel cars in Australia for the first time in August
• NSW's 150,000-plus registered battery EVs are saving over 200 million litres of petrol a year
• A review of failed battery systems found thermal runaway is rarely traced to just one cause

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ICNC 2026: Inside the Berlin Charging Conference

• Hubject's conference drew over 10,000 attendees to Berlin, with focus shifting from interoperability to operations and profitability
• Consolidation accelerated: Powerdot-InstaVolt, Mer-Eviny merger, and EVN's BayWa acquisition
• Grid capacity overtook interoperability as CPOs' top concern, boosting focus on V2G and battery storage
• German charging success rates rose to 86% in 2025, up from 80% in 2024
• Several large CPOs shifted from custom software back to white-label platforms
• ISO 15118-20 becomes mandatory for new public charge points from January 2027

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Thanks to Christian Gehring, Nas Jafari, Stefan Lackner, Mike Belke, Armando Cepeda, David Streitfeld, Mark Stubbs, Neza Lupsina, Niccolò Ferrari, Rachel Lai, Angelo E., Michael Barnard, Ammar El-Beik, Munir Khan, Jônatas Augusto Manzolli, Mohammed Najh, Chris Jackson, Kate Khudolii, Jan Tore Gjøby, Michael Greenberg, Jaap Burger, Kevin Roxas, Jason Glickman, Pedro Moreira da Silva, Bill Pierce, Rob Griffiths, Andrew Barr, Brent H., Mohammed Al Mujaini, Jaan Juurikas, Ahmed Virk, Adam Tinkham, Kameale C. Terry, Joel Armin-Hoiland, Ranjit Desai, Susan Trinter, Sophie Jones, Cheryl Lasse, Gill Goldsmith, Ojashwin R, Steve Birkett, Steph Wolff-Stoppenhagen, Syed Haseeb Hassan, Simon Vogt, Marcus Scholz, Jens Römer, Vladyslav Latypov, and Peter Schwierz and everyone else who contributed insights to this edition.

Find the full list of posts and voices for this edition here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/best-linkedin-cw-36-37-charging-battery-technology-thomas-allgeyer-9gy0e/

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